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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene praised Bondi for ending the 'wrongful' Biden-era prosecution
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Saturday that charges against a doctor accused of destroying COVID-19 vaccines and giving children fake shots at their parents’ request have been dropped.
"At my direction @TheJusticeDept has dismissed charges against Dr. Kirk Moore," Bondi wrote on X. "Dr. Moore gave his patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so. He did not deserve the years in prison he was facing. It ends today."
Moore, whose trial got underway Monday, was facing decades in prison for allegedly destroying more than $28,000 in COVID-19 vaccines and fraudulently completing and distributing hundreds of vaccination record cards.
The Utah-based plastic surgeon was indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2023.
Prosecutors say Moore and his three co-defendants ran a scheme out of Plastic Surgery Institute of Utah Inc. to "defraud the United States and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
On Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said she was writing a letter to the Justice Department to urge it to drop charges against Moore.
"This man is a hero, not a criminal," she contended on X. "The charges were filed under Biden’s DOJ, not Trump."
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also praised Moore on X in April, writing, "Dr. Moore deserves a medal for his courage and his commitment to healing!"
Greene thanked Bondi on Saturday. --->READ MORE HERE
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Federal charges have been dropped against a Utah plastic surgeon already on trial for allegedly destroying vaccines and giving out fake vaccination cards during the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday ordered the Department of Justice to dismiss all charges against Michael Kirk Moore Jr., his business — the Plastic Surgery Institute of Utah — and his neighbor, Kristin Jackson Andersen, who was also allegedly involved.
"Dr. Moore gave his patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so. He did not deserve the years in prison he was facing. It ends today," Bondi said in a post on the social platform X.
Moore, his business and his neighbor were accused of conducting a scheme in which they distributed false COVID-19 vaccination record cards to individuals who did not want the vaccine. Critics of the vaccine have rallied around Moore, arguing that he shouldn't face any jail time.
His trial started Monday and immediately gained national recognition. On Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., announced that she had written a letter to the Department of Justice, asking that all charges against Moore be dropped.
"This man is a hero, not a criminal," Greene posted on X. Bondi ultimately granted that request.
In a statement released Saturday, Moore's attorneys said, "This was the right decision – and the just one."
The attorneys said Moore had been living under a "cloud of federal investigation" and maintained his innocence the whole time.
"During this past week, during trial, we were finally able to begin presenting the full truth of this case in open court. We were confident that the facts – and the jury – would speak clearly in their favor," the statement continues.
The decision for the attorney general to dismiss charges before the trial even ends "reflects what the evidence has shown all along: that our clients did not commit a crime," Moore's attorneys said.
"They honored the personal medical choices of their patients. They never received a dollar in return. And no unexpired vaccines were ever destroyed," the statement concluded. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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